First drone-versus-drone naval engagement: a Ukrainian Sargan-3000 destroyed a Russian unmanned surface vessel

Kyiv Independent (via r/singularity, 346 upvotes; corroborated by Al Jazeera and Ukrainska Pravda)·medium signalXBlueskyLinkedInCopy link

Ukraine's Navy says that on September 12 a Sargan-3000 uncrewed boat carrying a 12.7mm Protector remote weapons station detected and destroyed a Russian unmanned surface vessel in the Black Sea, in a joint operation with HUR military intelligence. Video was released. The Kyiv Independent notes it could not independently verify the Navy's account. If it holds, it marks the shift from naval drones attacking crewed ships to autonomous platforms fighting each other.